[BSA Editorial Board and Various Experts]
The Official Handbook for Boys New York: Published for the Boy Scouts of America By Doubleday, Page & Company. Printed at Country Life Press, 1911. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good -/No Jacket. Grant, Gordon. Grant, Gordon. Second Printing. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Very scarce official hardcover second printing of the first edition of the Boy Scouts Handbook. Photo frontispiece with Shredded Wheat advertisement on reverse followed by 16 (xvi) introductory pages, 404 text pages, and [24] unnumbered advertising pages in rear. (The first printing has only 400 text pages.) Sound binding; front hinge intact; rear hinge cracked. Clean pages with generally light wear. Closed tear one leaf. Edgewear and corner folds to front free endpaper and frontispiece. Cover shows some wear and soiling. Legible lettering and decoration on both spine and front cover.
[Bookseller: Read 'Em Again Books, ABAA]